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. 2014 Sep;27(9):1285–1292. doi: 10.5713/ajas.2013.13742

Table 1.

Chemical composition of two roughages (DM basis)

Nutrients Roughage sources

Chinese wild rye Corn silage
DM 90.70 92.76
OM 95.02 92.16
CP 7.14 9.84
NDF 64.34 55.02
ADF 37.87 32.87

DM, dry matter; OM, organic matter; CP, crude protein; NDF, neutral detergent fiber expressed inclusive of residual ash; ADF, acid detergent fiber expressed inclusive of residual ash.